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Home Sewing Patterns Umbrella Quilt Bag Sewing Tutorial (Part Two)

Umbrella Quilt Bag Sewing Tutorial (Part Two)

Difficulty

Beginner

Material

Cotton

Designer

Corinne Bradd

Techniques

Quilting

Pattern Guide

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Difficulty

Beginner

Material

Cotton

Designer

Corinne Bradd

Techniques

Quilting

Pattern Guide

Download

About this pattern

We're now onto part two of our umbrella sew-along!

Now that your umbrella quilt block is finished, it’s time to turn it into a handy drawstring bag — perfect for storing kids’ wellingtons and soggy rain macs. Same as part one, this bag is beginner-friendly with just four easy steps to follow. The soft cotton drawstring makes it simple for little hands to open and close, and it’s fully washable, making it both cute and practical.

Essentials

Nine cotton print fabrics, fat eighths of each
Lightweight iron-on interfacing
Heavyweight cotton or blackout lining, 50cm
Cotton cord, 1.5m
Coloured felt
Coloured embroidery thread

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1 Create a block using two different colours as above, cut 3cm wide strips of a darker fabric and use these to make an overlapped border all around. Cut 28, 6.5cm squares of coloured fabric, sew two sets of six squares together in a line and stitch these to the top and bottom edges of the block.

2 Sew the remaining squares into two sets of eight and stitch